Naming Rights To Townhall Put Out To Bid

Naming Rights To Townhall Put Out To Bid

Hot on the heels of Governor Schwarzenegger’s decision to pass a law allowing the selling the naming rights to State property to help balance the budget, the naming rights to the townhall have been put out to bid. Since the townhall is not a governmental building, but is owned by the Chamber of Commerce, it has been determined the the naming rights can be sold without further deliberation and they want to get in on it before the State ruins the market for the whole concept. They are looking for something that would be more appropriate and mountainy for Julian like, for instance “Blackberry Device Townhall” or “Apple Corp. Townhall” rather than “Rim Townhall” or “Iphone Townhall”. Several indignant citizens accosted several indignant Chamber members about the indignity of selling the name to a commercial entity. It was explained that the sign with the name would have to meet the requirements of the historic district and also explained how much money stupid corporations were willing to pay for the rights. The indignant citizens replied, “Ooh, I see.”

©2009 Eric Stamets